SUNSHINE STATE NEWS February 19, 2019 With Florida facing an opioid crisis, one of the leading think tanks in Florida is calling for reforming mandatory minimum sentences. The James Madison Institute (JMI), a group based out of Tallahassee that supports free market solutions, unveiled a study on Tuesday which finds that mandatory [...]

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2019-02-20T15:22:10+00:00 February 20th, 2019|Press|Comments Off on JMI Study: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Not Working in Florida

FLORIDA POLITICS February 20, 2019 By: Jacob Ogles Low-level drug incarcerations required by mandatory minimum sentencing costs Florida more than $100 million annually. That’s according to a study from the James Madison Institute suggesting the tough stance failed in its chief objectives. Report authors Greg Newburn and Sal Nuzzo say lawmakers in the name of fiscal [...]

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2019-02-20T15:15:36+00:00 February 20th, 2019|Press|Comments Off on Study: Mandatory minimums cost Florida $100 million as deaths, arrests rise

CLICK HERE TO READ THE PDF By Greg Newburn, State Policy Director, FAMM and Sal Nuzzo, Vice President of Policy, James Madison Institute In the 1970s, three states – New York, Michigan, and Florida – adopted mandatory minimum sentencing laws in efforts to deter drug trafficking and crime associated with [...]

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2019-02-18T14:03:13+00:00 February 19th, 2019|Publications|Comments Off on Mandatory Minimums, Crime, and Drug Abuse: Lessons Learned and Paths Ahead

SUNSHINE STATE NEWS January 24, 2019 By: Christine Sexton There is a void of dentists in Florida. A coalition calling itself Floridians for Dental Access has a plan to fill the cavity: dental therapists. The group is asking lawmakers to sign off on a new health care license for what [...]

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2019-01-24T11:49:41+00:00 January 24th, 2019|Press|Comments Off on Proposal to Fill Dental Hole Draws Debate

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PDF Jennifer Minjarez Policy Analyst with the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Health Care Policy & Sal Nuzzo Vice President of Policy, The James Madison Institute Executive Summary Florida’s access to care deficiencies manifest themselves in a variety of ways. To start, there [...]

TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT January 21, 2019 By: Bob McClure I have lived in this wonderful city for 46 of my 53 years, and I can honestly say I have never quite seen Tallahassee so on the verge of a renaissance. Apart from the Seminole football team (I get it, you all [...]

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2019-01-22T11:35:40+00:00 January 22nd, 2019|Press|Comments Off on Tallahassee is on the verge of great changes | Opinion

NEWSMAX January 18, 2019 By: Robert McClure On most issues surrounding the economic policies of this administration, there is a great deal to be positive about. Thinking about the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) alone, the president worked hand in hand with Congress to pass and enact a [...]

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2019-01-18T16:13:15+00:00 January 18th, 2019|Press|Comments Off on Appeasement on Drug Prices Unaffordable

CLICK HERE TO READ THE PDF Paths to Prosperity On November 6, 2018, more than eight million Floridians cast their ballots and decided the future direction of our great state. And while the results of 2018 were among the tightest we have ever experienced, our new governor and cabinet take [...]